Splice-bar.



A. K. HEUSTON.

SPLICE BAR.

1. I 91 6, I 1,226,212. Patented May15,1917.

1/ f: fleusiom ADAM KVl-IEUSTON, F ROARING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPLICE-BAR.

.71) (177 whom it w'my concern Be it known that I, ADAM K. HnnsroN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Roaring Spring, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements vin Splice-Bars, of which the following is a specification.

This inventioncontemplates an improved 3 splice bar for railway rails and has as its primary object to provide a construction wherein the meeting ends of the rails will be rigidly supported and held againstrelative vertical movement.

The lnvention has as a further ob ect to provlde a constructlon whereln a pan: of

bars will be used at opposite sides of the rail ends and formed to provide bearing flanges engaging beneath the said rail ends to overlap the joint therebetween and directly receive the load upon the rails.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a; construction wherein the splice bar will be reinforced adjacent to the bearing flange thereof and will thus be Iadapted toeflectually support the rail enc s.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the meeting ends of a pair of rails of con ventional type equipped with my improved splice bar,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation with one of the rails shown in section and particularly illustrating the manner in which a pair of my improved splice bars are employed at'the joint between the rail ends, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the bearing flanges of the splice bars and the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application filed July 21, 1916. Serial No. 110,532.

an upstanding flange 12 confronting the rail webs and a downwardly sloping flange 13 overlying the base flanges of the rails to seat flat thereagainst. The flange 13, at its outer extremity, is formed at opposite ends thereof with flat bearing portions 1 1 seating upon the ties receiving the rails 11 upon opposite sides of the joint between the rails with the said bearing portions rigidly supporting thebar with respect to the rails.

Integrally formed on the flange 13 of the bar, at a point substantially midway the ends thereof, is an inwardly directed bearing portion or flange 15. The flange 15 is arranged to snugly engage beneath the base flanges of the rails 11 to form a chair there for and of a length to well overlap the joint between the said rails. At the junction between the flange 13 and the flange 15 of the bar, the body of the bar, is, as more particularly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, provided with a laterally directed thickened portion or otherwise formed to produce a reinforcing member 16, connecting the flange 15 with the flange 13 of the bar and adapted to rigidly support the flange 15 beneath the bar to receive the ends of the rails 11; As will now be observed upon reference to the drawings, a pair of my improved splice bars, as thus described, is employed at the joint between the rails 11 with the said bars arranged upon opposite sides of the joint and connected to each other and to the rails by a plurality of bolts or other suitable fastening devices 17 extending through the flanges 12 of the said bars and through the rail webs. Spikes or other approved fastening means are used to secure the bars rigidly upon the ties supporting the rails 11, these spikes being engaged in suitable notches in the outer edges of the bearing flanges 14; of the said bars.

The bars will thus be rigidly held in place surrounding the rails 11 at the joint there between with the bearing flanges 15 of the said bars extending inwardly toward each other beneath the webs of the rails. As will now be clear, the load upon the rails will be communicated directly to these flanges to bear downwardly thereon and tend to rock ortilt the bearing flanges 14 of the bars therefore'be diverted to the inner ends of the said flanges to be sustained by tire reinforcing members 16 therefor. These re inforcing members being relatively thick, will act to rigidly support the flanges 15 to receive the load upon the rails so that the meeting ends of the rails will be firmly held against relative vertical shifting movement. The importance of the reinforcing members 16 will therefore be at once apparent and it will be observed that, owing to the presence of these reinforcing members, I provide a construction wherein 'any relative vertical movement of the rail ends will be practically overcome. Furthermore, the splice bars will serve to substantially incase the rail ends for also holding the rail ends against lateral relative movement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A splice bar including abody, a bear ing flange carried by the said body for supporting the bar in active position, a chair flange projecting inwardly beneath the bar and adapted to receive the base flange of a rail, and a reinforcing member connecting the chair flange with the bearing flange and of a thickness greater than the combined thickness of the chair and bearing flanges.

2. A splice ,bar including a body having angularly disposed vertical and lateral flanges adapted to fit in the angle between the tread and base flange of a rail, a rail chair flange carried by said lateral flange, and a reinforcing member for the chair flange at the junction between the said last Copies of this patent may be obtained for mentioned flanges, with the thickness of the said reinforcing member rising over the outer face ,of the said lateral, flange.

3. A splice bar including a body provided with a bearing flange adapted to support the body in active position, a chair flange integrally formed on the bearing flange to extend inwardly therebeneath for engagement with the base flange of a rail, and a thickened portion arranged at the junction between the said flanges to provide a reinforcing member for the chair flange with the said member extending laterally from the bearing flange and rising over the outer face thereof. 7

4. A splice bar including a body having angularl'y disposed vertical and lateral flanges, a chair flange integrally formed on the lower margin. of the said lateral flange and adapted to engage beneath the base flanges of a pairv of rails at the joint therebetween with the said vertical and lateral flanges fitting in the angle between the treads and base flanges of the said rails to overlie the said joint and with the extremities of the lateral flange seating upon ties supporting the rail ends at opposite sides of the joint, and a reinforcing member for the chair flange formed integrally with the outer extremity th reef and the lower margin of the said lateral flange with the said reinforcing member providing a thickened portion rising overthe outer face of the said lateral flange.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature;

ADAM K. nnusrou. a 8.

five cents each, by addressing the "commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

